Many people consider Martin Luther’s ideas revolutionary‚ but they were really just the tipping point. Before Luther‚ many people and events attacked the Catholic Church and it’s credibility. The most influential of these people and events were John Wycliffe‚ Jan Hus‚ and the Black Death. John Wycliffe was the first major critic of the ideology of the Catholic Church. His ideas would later influence both Jan Hus and Martin Luther himself. Wycliffe attacked the church with three separate ideas and
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Henry VIII is born in June of 1491 to Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Being the second born son of this time he is considered to be the spare‚ while his older brother Arthur will be the heir to the throne. Since Henry is the not as important second born son there are very poor records of his upbringing and education. With this is mind it might be safe to assume a very common practice for this period of time would have taken place. This practice would be that of forcing the spare into the church
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Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel Jeweldine Ladell New World Encyclopedia reports on the High Renaissance architecture of the Sistine Chapel in understanding its main features. This paper will examine three aspects of the architectural design of the building. The three aspects are as follow; the exterior‚ interior‚ and decoration‚ (New World Encyclopedia‚ 2007). The Sistine Chapel is a three story rectangular building. The exterior is plain and simple architecturally and decoratively. Many
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bread and wine would turn into the body and blood of Christ during consecration. Catholic authorities had acknowledged the 7 sacraments and Ideas such as monasticism‚ celibacy of the clergy‚ and purgatory. The Pope’s teachings were infallible and the Pope continued to interpret scripture for the people. Reaffirming Catholic beliefs was an important process because it allowed people to see the
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indulgence was ungodly and instead it was a sin. Martin Luther’s Reformation succeeded due to Religious‚ Political‚ and Technological factors. Religion was a big purpose for the start of the Reformation. The entire organization of the church right from the Pope‚ down to the priest were cruel. Corruption in the church led to questions about the morals of church officials. They started to take advantage of power. These
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felt shame in themselves. The Catholic Church would preach good sermons‚ but they wanted people to feel shame for what they did so they would feel remorse and pay for indulgences. In the beginning‚ an indulgence was just a certificate given by the Pope to a person whose sins had been forgiven
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kings and queensbegan to think‚ as he had‚ of reconquering the whole Mediterranean and recreating the Roman Empire. In particular‚ they wanted to take Jerusalem‚ the city ofJesus Christ‚ away from the Islamic Fatimids who were ruling it. In 1095 AD Pope Urban made a great speech at Clermont (CLAIRE-mant) in southern France‚ where he urged the people to take up weapons and go fight to free Jerusalem from the rule of the Fatimids. People were wildly enthusiastic. Even children and old women and old
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of law 4 The value which Germanic tribes ascribed to the worth of individual members was known as the (A) doom (B) gentes (C) comitatus (D) wergeld 5 The iconoclastic controversy (A) had little impact beyond theology (B) reconciled the pope and the patriarch (C) settled the issue of church-state relations in Byzantium (D) led to further separation between western Europe and Byzantium 6 Assimilation was the process of (A) integrating the Christian church into the Roman state (B)
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When an audience looks at Christopher Marlowe as a writer in Doctor Faustus‚ they might believe the play is a discussion on religion. The discussion in Faustus is the decision of what to believe in‚ whether it may be a polytheistic or monotheistic religion. Dr. Faustus represents man’s discontent with being human and the struggle of accepting the lack of omnipotence and omniscience. In Faustus‚ he is repeatedly questioned on his belief in his knowledge of magic‚ good‚ and evil. Faustus wants
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AP Euro *Using examples from at least two different states‚ analyze the key features of the “new monarchies” and the factors responsible for their rise in the period 1450 to 1550. The Renaissance was a time of revival of ancient thought mixed with new intellectual expressions. However‚ some areas were experiencing unfortunate setbacks in flourishing during this time. The 100 Years’ war was a war that weakened and depopulated France. The War of Roses was a civil war that created much undesired
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